[cvsnt] Re: creating a user

Glen Starrett grstarrett at cox.net
Wed Jun 30 17:09:12 BST 2004


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jason wrote:

> I am attempting to setup my cvsnt server to support sspi
> authentication.
> 
> I am at the point of adding cvs users in my setup process
> 
> (http://www.cvsnt.org/wiki/InstallationTips#head-fad19a88cd941707f4c04be56fcbff5d2eb270aa).
> 
> 
> When I enter this line “cvs passwd -r <real account name> -a <new
> username>”, with real NT account information substituted in, I get an
> error message.  It says [passwd aborted]: No Valid Repository Roots
> Defined. Can anyone tell me how to get past this error to create a
> user?

That step isn't necessary if you're using SSPI.  Just use Windows
accounts and it'll work fine.

As for your specific problem though, what CVSROOT are you using?  It 
should be something like:

	:sspi:myserver:/myrepos

-- 
Glen Starrett



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